Arevik Prazyan

Satenik Vardanyan

Recruitment specialist at "Teach for Armenia" Educational foundation,  Art historian, Author in online cultural magazine "Arvestagir.am"

Born in 1991 on October 6 in Yerevan.

In 2008-2012 has studied  at  Yerevan State University, Faculty of History,  the Chair of Armenian Art History and Theory, 

2012-2014  has done her master degree on the same field.

In 2016-2020 she has been Post-graduate student  and now her  Ph.D is on the process with the following topic: The iconographic and ornamental features of the Armenian ecclesiastical vestment.

In 2018 she has  participated in Erasmus + student exchange program (credit mobility) and   has done her  thee-months research fellowship at Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Faculty of Art, Literature and Philosophy  under the supervision of Honored professors Bernard Coulie  and Levon Choogaszian.

Since 2013 Arevik has an experience of working as a Tour organizer at «Armenian extreme club»NGO.

 2008- 2014 she has been a member of student choir at YSU culture centre.

2014- 2021-   Center Specialist, project coordinator at  YSU Culture centre after  Charles Aznaour. During this period she has been coordinating the “NIKE” volunteering group as well.

2015-2019-  Coordinator and lecturer in Diaspora summer school for the artistic directors of choir and dance ensemble.

2018-2020 -  has been working  at the Chair of Armenian Art History and Theory  as  lecturer (the subject: The Art of Armenian national garments) .

2017-2021-  has been included in the  graduate diplomas protection as Reviewer.

Since 2021 till now Arevik is the graduate recruitment specialist at "Teach for Armenia" educational foundation.

She is now the responsible of the cooperation for the Study tour in Armenia as well.

She has participated in various projects such as -“Trauma and Grief” 7-day trainings (certificated with 52 academic hours), “Civil society forum” WG4 meeting (Working Group 4)  by topics: youth and mobility, offline and online education, research and skills  and promotion of culture, “Visegrad 4 for the involvement of youth in local self-government” workshop and Conference “Youth for Local Democracy”, “Pan-Armenian games” , :-“Young Activist” - 1st stage – workshops, 2nd stage –Regional Conference on Youth Civic Activism “Youth for freedom and democracy”

Publications

Articles

-“The «still life» in Rafayel Atoyan’s art” -History and culture,  Collection of scientific articles, Journal of Armenian studies, ISSN 1829-2771, YSU Press, Yerevan 2015,  pp. 454-463

-“Portrait in Eduard Isabekyan’s art.”- Collection of scientific articles of YSU SSS, Materials of the scientific session dedicated to the 95th anniversary of YSU,  1.6 (9)- Social sciences,  ISSN 1829-4367, YSU Press, Yerevan 2015,  pp. 117-124

Online publications

¬          “And the life begins…”  - RA honored artist Anna Harutyunyan’s solo exhibition

¬          “Artavazd Peleshyan” (dedicated to the great movie director’s anniversary)

¬          “Eduard Isabekyan’s art”

¬          “The Portal” (“Shqamutq”, art. director Lusine Sargsyan) – analyze of the movie

¬          “The feast of Vardanants among Armenians” 

¬          “The photographical heritage of Artashes and Aram Vruyrs” – short research about the famous Armenian photographers

¬          “Our Generation’s “Romeo and Juliet” ”–about new musical performance